Fastening for garments



Sept. 23, 1930. A. BAUER 'PASTENIHG non GARIENTS Filed Ilay 27. 1926PatentedfSept. 23, 1930 UNI-TED STATES PATENT OFFICE ADAM nanna, onMUNICH, GERMANY FASTENING- FOR GARMENTS Application led May 27, 1926,Serial No. 112,020,V and in Germany June -d, 1925.

My invention relates to waist bands for trousers and more particularlyto waist bands with abelt housed therein. It is an object of myinvention to provide a waist band of this type in which pressure on thestomach and the tendency of the trousers to sag at the Hy, areeliminated.

To this end, instead of arranging thebuckle of the belt in line with theHy as usually, I provide a slit in the waist band at one side of the Hyso that part of the waist band, with the belt housed therein, extendsfrom the Hy to that side of the slit, and in vthe slit I arrange thebuckle of the belt. In

this manner a pull is exerted on the belt in the region of the Hy whichprevents sagg I thedrawings alxed to this specification and forming partthereof my invention isv illustrated diagrammatically by way of example.

In the drawings j Fig. 1 is a front elevation,

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the upper portion of a pair of trousers,

Fig. 3 shows the Hy opened and v Fig. 4 is a detail illustration of thebelt.

, Referring to the. drawings a is the waist line of the trousers and Z)is the waist b and arranged along this waist line in which a belt cis'inserted for free displacement. At the back the waist band ispreferably intersticed for a distance ofl about 4 in., exposing thebelt. The interstice is provided for facilitating the insertion of thebelt and to prevent puckering of the trousers .when the belt is drawnmore tightly.

The buckle of the belt projects from another interstice e in the waistband which is arranged at one side of the Hy and is about 2 in. wide. his the section of the waist band which extends between the buckle andthe H It will be seen that the major portion o the waist band b extendsfrom the free edge of the Hy across the seam connecting the Hy to thebody of the garment, and, as shown, to the rear interstice, and thatthey section L extends in the opposite direction from adjacent the edgeof the Hy such a distance that the buckle f must be ate vicinity of theHy atv the right and p the left `side of the Hy so that when drawing thebelt the trousers are supported at both sides of the Hy and an upwardpull is exerted at this point.

kThe closure of the belt 0 comprisesv a 60 ,buckle f which is slotted atg and a hook adapted to engage the slots so that/the 4belt may beadjusted.

The belt is permanently retained in the trousers and when it isdesiredto open the trousers the portion of the belt to which the slottedbuckle f is secured is pulled from the short section 71, of the waistband b to the rightand upon closing the trousers it is pushed backthrough the section L and the hook at its opposite end is inserted inone of the slots g of the buckle f.

I wish it to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to theexact details of construction shown and described for obviousmodifications will occur to a person skilled in theart.

I claim:

A pair of trousers having its waist band provided with belt supportingmeans includ- .ing two elongated tubular portions, one eX- tendingacross the Hy to a point beyond the seam connecting the Hy to the bodyof. the garment, and the other said portion extending, in the oppositedirection, from adjacent the edge of the Hy such a distance that thefastening means of a belt passing through said tubular portions must bepositionedjrelatively remote from the Hy and adjacent the hip of aperson wearing the trousers.

In testimony whereof I aHix my signature.

` ADAM BAUER.

